Klopp Cools Talk About Salah Being Unhappy At Liverpool

In a recent interview with Spanish newspaper, AS, Salah expressed his admiration for Real Madrid and Barcelona while voicing his discontent at Liverpool’s decision not to hand him the captaincy in their final UEFA Champions League group stage game against Midtjylland, with the armband instead given to academy graduate Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Salah’s former international colleague Mohamed Aboutrika revealed not long after that the former FC Basel and Chelsea forward was unhappy at the Premier League champions.

Salah is contracted at Anfield until the summer of 2023 and Klopp insists the Egyptian is happy at the club.

"We never speak [in public] about [contracts], why should we start now? Mo is in a good mood, good moment, really good shape," Klopp told a news conference ahead of Liverpool’s home game against West Bromwich Albion this weekend.

"Training – you would have seen him laughing a lot, he enjoyed the session, so that's good. All the rest is for sure nice for the media to write about but internally, nothing really.

"He is [operating at a high level]. There's always things to talk about, he didn't start the last game [against Crystal Palace], all the things you heard after about the reason, then he came on and scored two.

"Obviously he doesn't need a long time. He's in a good moment, I hope he stays like this. All of the boys were in a good moment, that's why we have the points we have.

"The toughest period of the season is now ahead of us. We have to make sure we get through this with the right results."

Salah has scored 16 goals in 21 appearances across all competitions this season.